Windows ten can find your device's location in a variety of ways, frequently by examining nearby Wi-Fi networks. But this doesn't always piece of work well, peculiarly on desktop PCs. That'south why Windows 10 offers a fashion to set a "default location" that is reported to apps if it can't become a solid read on your location.

This default location will be sent to any awarding that uses the Windows location services, including Maps, Cortana, Weather, and Microsoft Edge.

For whatsoever reason, this option is non available in the main Settings app. Instead, Microsoft has subconscious it in the Maps app. But don't worry: Despite the location of this setting, it doesn't just utilize to the Maps app. It applies to every application that uses Windows 10's location services.

To admission the pick, open up the "Maps" app from your Start menu. Click or tap the "…" button at the top-correct corner of the window and select "Settings".

Whorl down and click the "Modify Default Location" button under Default Location.

You'll be taken to the map with a "Default Location" box visible. Click the "Set Default Location" button.

To set a default location, you lot can either type a street address into the box or click "Ready Location" and select a specific position on the map.

If you're using a stationary desktop PC, the pick is clear–use the address the computer is located at. If you're using a laptop or tablet that moves between locations, you'll probably desire to choose the address you most ofttimes utilise the device at.

To modify or clear the default location you set in the future, open the Maps app again, open the menu, select "Settings", and click "Modify Default Location" again. From the window that pops upward, you can click "Change" to alter the default location or "Clear" to unset your default location.

While various apps will use this default location if they can't go a read on your location, you lot tin always set unlike locations in individual apps. For instance, you lot can ready any urban center of your choice in the Conditions app to receive weather for that location. Merely this option helps individual apps know where you are if Windows can't detect your location on its own.